Clover News

Jamie Doran interviewed on Amanpour

Clover's Head of Programmes was interviewed by CNN International's Christiane Amanpour. Jamie talked about the cultural factors that have led to the sexual abuse of thousands of young boys in Pakistan.

Clover Films wins two Emmys!

Clover is honoured to have won two Emmys at the 34th Annual News & Documentary Awards. ‘Opium Brides’ won for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine, and ‘Battle for Syria’ picked up the Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine Emmy.

Producer/director Jamie Doran was in New York to accept the awards.

Jamie on ORA News

Whilst in Tirana for a human rights film festival, Jamie was interviewed on ORA News about the current situation in Syria.

Following original selection for the 2012 United Nations Association Film Festival, Opium Brides has further been selected as one of the few films to be taken on tour.

Opium Brides will be shown in Paris on 10-11 May 2013, click here for more information.

One World Media Awards 2013

The Clover Team were thrilled to attend the #OWMA on Tuesday 7th May, celebrating 25 years promoting media that contributes to global dialogue and understanding, human rights and development.

Jamie Doran was honoured to be Jury Chair for the Student Award. All films were extremely strong and our congratulations go to 'Almost Famous'.

The awards were broadcast live.

Clover Films' is proud to be a past recipient of two awards from #OWMA.

Opium Brides receives OPC Award, April 2013

Clover Films' Producer Jamie Doran attended the ceremony in New York on the 24th April. Jamie, Naj and the Clover team were honoured to receive the David A. Andelman and Pamela Title award for Best International Reporting dealing with Human Rights. Below is Jamie accepting the award, of course including an important message to the audience about the responsibility we all hold for the mess in Afghanistan.

Jamie Doran will join a dynamic team of journalists, documentarians and broadcasters as they produce a riveting discussion on the Arab World. January 25, Crowne Plaza, Times Square.

Moderated by Mark Starowicz, Executive Director of the CBC, the panel will explore developing relationships and gaining access to ensure effectiveness and accuracy of the coverage requires special handling and expertise.

This important region continues to undergo dramatic change, and the rest of the world observes intently especially with the current situation in Syria and Libya.

Clover Films wins duPont Columbia award for the second time.

Three from the Clover team will travel to New York on Tuesday (January 22nd) to receive the duPont-Columbia University Award (aka 'Broadcast Pulitzer') for the documentary film, Opium Brides, which exposes how Afghan farmers are being forced to hand over their young daughters to a life of sex slavery in Pakistan and Iran.

Producer Jamie Doran, along with reporter Najibullah Quraishi and Exec Producer Tracey Doran-Carter will pick up the coveted Silver Baton in a ceremony which will be streamed live across the web from the university. The event is hosted by Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent and global affairs anchor for ABC News, and Byron Pitts, chief national correspondent for the CBS Evening News. Opium Brides was first shown on Frontline PBS.

'The Battle For Syria' has real IMPACT

Clover Films' latest production has received it's first nomination for Best Current Affairs Production at the Impact Media Awards. Jamie Doran and Tracey Doran-Carter will be in New York to attend the Impact Media Awards (January 24).

This film was a co-production with Frontline PBS, ZDF and ABC.

Rory Peck Trust Awards 2012

Safa Al Ahmad, Director, is one of 3 finalists for the Rory Peck Awards for IMPACT. In our film, 'In The Hands of Al Qaeda', Safa and reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad posed as man and wife to reach an Al Qaeda contact who would allow them access to Al Qaeda-controlled territory in southern Yemen.

We are delighted to announce that 'Pakistan's Open Secret' and 'Opium Brides' have both been selected for the 15th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival), which was originally conceived to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was founded by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic with the participation of the Stanford Film Society and the UNA Midpeninsula Chapter, a community-based nonprofit organization. The theme for 2012 is HUMAN DIGNITY.

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